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What is your personality? Find it out with a quick test!
NOTABLE! MINDSETYou guys know this stuff is a crock, right? Invented by a couple of housewives with no training in psychology. Shame is, many companies use this hooey to decide who gets hired or promoted. Cheers, O-2- OscarDeuce
- Post #130
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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The 22 books to read before you quit your job
BOOKSThe Secret was a blatant rip-off of a woman who claims she got the material from an "invisible friend" named Abraham. The Abraham material was a fairly blatant rip-off of Think and Grow Rich. Unfortunately, both the Abraham stuff and The Secret (apparently-never read it) leave out a critically...- OscarDeuce
- Post #19
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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Wall Street F*cked it up...again
REAL ESTATEOf course. Back when I started working, practically everyone who didn't work at a fast food joint or a gas station had something called a pension. I know there's a few of us older guys and gals here who remember those. When I was a lineman, I used to get a statement every month telling me how...- OscarDeuce
- Post #15
- Forum: Real Estate Investment Forum
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Why does everyone love Think and Grow Rich
HOT!Yea, I kind of threw those names out there as recognizable alternatives, although I'm far from convinced Gates' accomplishment was equivalent to Carnegie's or Jobs' to Edison's. Then again, I'll admit to knowing a great deal more about Carnegie and Edison than I do about the other two. Cheers, O-2- OscarDeuce
- Post #67
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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Why does everyone love Think and Grow Rich
HOT!It might me interesting to see a breakdown of the Think and Grow Lovers vs. Haters by age group. My hypothesis is that the lovers will trend towards the older segment while the haters will be younger. I base this on the fact that many have complained it was boring or "hard to get through." The...- OscarDeuce
- Post #65
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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The Education Monopoly... W.T.F?!!
HOT!In my world, there wasn't time for that since I worked full time and carried a full course load. Along with Maxwell's Equations, I learned the art of bi-location. Probably the most important thing I learned as today I occasionally find myself booked in meetings with two different clients at the...- OscarDeuce
- Post #38
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Why does everyone love Think and Grow Rich
HOT!By the way, the version of Think and Grow Rich commonly available is the abridged (read "censored") version. My wife found a copy of the original manuscript which she gave me as a present. It contains a lot of spiritual / metaphysical stuff that was apparently too much for the publishers back in...- OscarDeuce
- Post #59
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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The Education Monopoly... W.T.F?!!
HOT!I had a professor that allowed "one page of notes." Didn't say it had to be handwritten. I copied formulas directly form the book and reduced them in size using the Xerox machine at work. Got all the material covered by the test on one page that way. Come test time, I pulled it out and damn, it...- OscarDeuce
- Post #33
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Why does everyone love Think and Grow Rich
HOT!Well, it worked for me. In 1978 I was a petty criminal and apparently not a very good one, living in my car and wondering how I would eat each day, when I stumbled on Hill's book. A year or so prior, I was a lineman for a major utility company, a good paying blue collar job. I was no longer in...- OscarDeuce
- Post #58
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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What is your life like without a college degree?
HOT!May be true if you're talking strictly about high tech, but I see little real world evidence to back it up. I know a fairly high proportion of multi-millionaires and a billionaire or two (including names that get dropped here occasionally) pretty well, as in hang out and get drunk together well...- OscarDeuce
- Post #31
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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What it takes to go from being broke to six figures in 6 months
Sounds like a bunch of non-specific hype. Here's how I went from dead, living in a beat up old car, broke to over six figures in less than 6 months - 1. Found a need 2. Learned all I could about how to fill that need 3. Sold those who had the need on my ability to solve their problem 4...- OscarDeuce
- Post #6
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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What is your life like without a college degree?
HOT!Questions for anyone: - Did you find it difficult to find high paying work without a degree? Only at first, but in those depressed economic times (early 1970s) lots of people with degrees were flipping burgers. So overall, no. I was usually in the top income range for my age group. - Do you feel...- OscarDeuce
- Post #11
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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The Value of Things (And Why I Don't Drive a Lambo)
OFF-TOPICNothing wrong with nice stuff. However, when it comes to impressing people, I did find that the richer I get, the more that the only person I'm interested in impressing is...me. I while back, we were shopping for a new car for my wife. Looked at Mercedes. Looked at BMW. Heck, even looked at...- OscarDeuce
- Post #34
- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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Money Buys Happiness
HOT!Not only food, but here in the USA with our for profit medical system, money really does buy health. Cheers, O-2- OscarDeuce
- Post #54
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Money can't buy happiness. Or can it?
HOT! MINDSETUsually said by someone with no money, or by someone with lots of money who believes making money is a zero sum game who wants your money. Yes it can, yes it can, yes it can - for normal folks like all of us. Yea, if you're a suicidal gloomy Gus, I suppose all the money in the world won't change...- OscarDeuce
- Post #35
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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The Couple Who Quit Their Ad Jobs to Travel the World Ended Up Poor and Scrubbing Toilets The uglier
I don't get it. Somehow, having to scrub toilets in order to eat isn't my idea of freedom. In any case, I don't get the whole travel thing. Unless you're one of the lucky few who can stoke up the Gulfstream and go, it's a huge hassle. I used to travel extensively but being harassed by airport...- OscarDeuce
- Post #14
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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You're from where??
HOT! INTROActually, we're building a house near Lake Lewisville. Cheers, O-2- OscarDeuce
- Post #1,090
- Forum: Introductions
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The biggest lie that you believed for most of your life?
NOTABLE! MINDSET"Start a 401(k) and you'll be set for life." I hate to admit it, but once upon a time, I actually believed this drivel. There are a few others, but I suspect they're too controversial even for this crowd. Cheers, O-2- OscarDeuce
- Post #127
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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You're from where??
HOT! INTROHeck, this thread is so long, I can't remember If I replied or not. Any, currently in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. Headed back to Dallas, TX next summer. Cheers, O-2- OscarDeuce
- Post #1,088
- Forum: Introductions
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Americans...Do You Feel You're In Danger???
OFF-TOPICThank you, sir. Me too! Cheers, O-2- OscarDeuce
- Post #53
- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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